Ogre's wife killed through other tricks — Mythoi

Motif

Ogre's wife killed through other tricks.

Ogres. · Ogre defeated. · Ogre killed, maimed, or captured. · view the constellation · filed as G519.1

Cited in the index

general Type 1122.

Within the index

Filed under Ogre killed through other tricks.

4 finer motifs beneath it

Faithful hound kills ogre's wife Man pretends to cut toenails of cannibal woman: kills her Ogress lured in bridal bed and killed Ogress tricked into falling into boiling spring

Filed beside it

Ogre killed with his own iron bar Cliff ogre thrown as food to his children Ogre killed by blades falling in his food Giant ogre tricked into running round a tree the branches of which catch the strokes of his iron bar, until he falls down dead

Carried in tale types

The Ogre's Wife Killed Through Other Tricks · ATU 1122 1 recorded variant

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